When, where and how is the greatest riddle now: Dr Roy

Guwahati, July 2 (UNI) Noted researcher on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Purabi Roy today said the greatest riddle regarding the mysterious disappearance of Netaji is 'when, where and how'.

Addressing a press meet here, Dr Roy said, ''We have accepted that Netaji is dead now. But the greatest enigma or riddle at present is when, where and how did he die.'' She flayed the Centre for rejecting the Justice Mukherjee Commission report without a debate and asked the government for its reasons for doing so.

Elaborating on how the year and place of death of Netaji varies in the death certificates issued in his name by doctors in different countries, Dr Roy said the very fact that more than one death certificate exists proves that the real story behind his disappearance is yet to be unveiled.

She said the Forward Bloc, which prides itself as a supporter of Netaji, had 'betrayed' the people of the country.

Dr Roy revealed that in 1996, the general secretary of the AIFB had acquired rare translated documents on Netaji's stay in Russia from Moscow archives in her presence.

''However, these documents were not made public as the general secretary had promised to do on return to India. Moreover, the entire file with the papers went missing on his death after returning,'' she said.

She called for a sustained campaign throughout the country to pressurise the government to make public the real story behind Netaji's disappearance.

Dr Roy would be visiting Shillong after her stay in Guwahati.

Mr Umesh Chandra Choudhury, who had worked with Netaji and was present today, called on all to reminisce contributions of the great leader.

He said, ''It was due to Netaji's initiatives as the Congress president in 1935 that Asom is today a part of India and not Bangladesh.'' Mr Choudhury exhorted the present generation to recall Netaji's ideology and work for the progress of the country on those lines.

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